SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492016-12-09T08:30:41-07:00SparkFun ElectronicsScube on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BScubeurn:uuid:2624643a-32df-f0c6-a811-8c0eb77733de2014-12-02T12:57:42-07:00<p>So I broke my SD card socket a while back and was wondering if anyone know where i could get one. The one SFE carries wont work I found out after ordering.</p>TeenageEngineer on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BTeenageEngineerurn:uuid:f55c1ef1-86d0-3cfd-51db-d3fa2e3d92192014-07-15T16:19:59-06:00<p>go for new model B+ instead</p>Customer #60510 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #60510urn:uuid:8f0cb0dd-137e-a052-7f85-99680cb3f0852014-06-11T00:00:55-06:00<p>Will Sparkfun be selling The Raspberry Pi Cookbook in the near future?</p>c.burgess.7 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bc.burgess.7urn:uuid:cc076714-2ff6-af7b-44e0-b5d81b8d96232014-06-07T18:18:41-06:00<p>So now i have the pi, well my dad does, everything is installed, any way to use the GPIO headers to add a VGA output for a monitor, essentially another video output. I had a bunch of adapters to adapt HDMI to VGA, but the pi didn&rsquo;t seem to work like that.</p>mattyd24 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bmattyd24urn:uuid:890fdae6-fc96-958e-c4cd-cb7f3aca02772014-05-11T15:28:47-06:00<p>Yes please! =D</p>TeenageEngineer on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BTeenageEngineerurn:uuid:5d279e89-7080-d970-dfe3-3e8c58f22b6f2014-04-03T18:57:03-06:00<p>aww man! they are sold out. :(. No delicious pi for me. Although green eggs and ham would be nice</p>Customer #288892 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #288892urn:uuid:1370d8ea-0c9f-2d84-6b38-b8182abc6f572014-01-23T11:20:48-07:00<p>Anyone know if the Pi&rsquo;s from SparkFun come preloaded with Wolfram?? http://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi/</p>Josiahdg on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJosiahdgurn:uuid:2ade7946-6755-9657-ee2e-7f42cd15844e2014-01-21T09:05:37-07:00<p>I love the pi!</p>JohnGalt on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJohnGalturn:uuid:c7e70984-f9e8-cefc-3493-985665d917cd2013-12-11T15:58:39-07:00<p>The beagle black actually costs less when you compare the total cost of everything required to make either usable. The Beagle Black also is far more expandable with a much greater amount and variety of IO.</p>Kamiquasi on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BKamiquasiurn:uuid:d4fcfa05-30ee-77b8-a4f1-bb35615fea8b2013-12-09T05:10:39-07:00<p>It&rsquo;s technically not a link, just text. But here&rsquo;s a clickable version: <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/443556734/pio-microsd-adapter-for-raspberry-pi" rel="nofollow" >kickstarter: pIO - microSD Adapter for Raspberry Pi</a>. Note that this was a crowdfunding project that completed a long time ago. However, the product that was crowdfunded can still be purchased through <a href="https://www.modmypi.com/sd-cards-and-adaptors/raspberry-pi-micro-sd-card-adaptor" rel="nofollow" >ModMyPi: pIO - Raspberry Pi microSD Card Adaptor</a></p>Purple People Eater on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BPurple People Eaterurn:uuid:5dd63ff6-b636-9929-b7f5-4e402af603142013-12-09T05:03:51-07:00<p>Dead link. :(</p>Purple People Eater on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BPurple People Eaterurn:uuid:cf0a4f42-38be-8e6e-2329-4e2df6611ce22013-12-09T05:02:17-07:00<p>?</p>NorthernPike on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BNorthernPikeurn:uuid:d08c76c6-704b-f234-2c23-b3326a42f6792013-11-06T01:09:08-07:00<p>I just bought the Raspberry Pi, hooked it up, loaded Raspian from the NOOBS SD, rebooted and now I can&rsquo;t login because the keyboard either sticks or repeats and it&rsquo;s not the keyboard at fault. It&rsquo;s the pi and they know the problem exists. It&rsquo;s so bad I haven&rsquo;t been able to login at all. Your selling a product with a KNOWN defect. Why???</p>Customer #482575 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #482575urn:uuid:edd4580b-bca9-d893-3bea-cf4cfc30960d2013-11-03T06:10:17-07:00<p>It would be nice to have a few more things for the Pi since it <strong>IS</strong> sooo popular! It is just easier for a buyer to get everything they want in 1 stop and only have to pay shipping for 1 place instead of going to here and other places for what we need and paying double shipping..</p>
<p>Some things I would be interested in buying that adafruit has that you don&rsquo;t:
* <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/814_MED.jpg" rel="nofollow" >Miniature WiFi</a>
* <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/ID922_MED.jpg" rel="nofollow" >Miniature Wireless USB Keyboard with Touchpad</a>
* <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/1030_MED.jpg" rel="nofollow" >USB WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module with Antenna</a>
* <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/1434_MED.jpg" rel="nofollow" >Adjustable Pi Camera Mount</a>
* <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/1567_MED.jpg" rel="nofollow" >Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera Board - Infrared-sensitive Camera</a>
* <strong><a href="http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/1320_MED.jpg" rel="nofollow" >PiBow VESA Mounting Layer Plate</a></strong></p>The Mattias on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BThe Mattiasurn:uuid:9cede836-58eb-0865-8c4f-e41c370b413a2013-08-29T17:52:35-06:00<p>What awesome stuff could I do with this?
Someone tell me please.</p>Sofia on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSofiaurn:uuid:61a87072-9127-9b74-29eb-dad62fb06db22013-08-26T23:26:56-06:00<p>I know that this is a total noob question but can a pi be made into a mini computer that will run nothing but a 3D printer, basically it will run the slicing software so I don&rsquo;t have to keep my 3D printer hooked up &amp; I won&rsquo;t need to use SD cards, &lsquo;cause that&rsquo;s a hassle to me.</p>Propeller Loyalist on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BPropeller Loyalisturn:uuid:243d388a-e5b8-10b4-8021-0af64c7b63f62013-08-09T23:33:28-06:00<p>This may be a stupid question but I have to make sure before I get one.
Can I use this to program microcontrollers, in specific the PICaxe, parralax&rsquo;s propeller, and parralax&rsquo;s basic stamp?</p>Customer #302799 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #302799urn:uuid:a1274a8a-4158-5687-0ae4-9c61a36c20fa2013-06-21T17:18:44-06:00<p>Originally the manufacturing was split between China and Wales, now the foundation is shifting as much to the Wales factory as they can.</p>Customer #302799 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #302799urn:uuid:4bbdb8ba-4a8a-76fb-cc76-7dc9a856df732013-06-21T17:08:25-06:00<p>Any OS on a pi has to work on the older ARM v6 architecture, witch most like Ubuntu don&rsquo;t. Also a big fancy OS like OS X would be very very slow due to the low clock speed (700MHz) and low amount of RAM (512MB).</p>RobertC. on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BRobertC.urn:uuid:d65a3f06-0b7b-2c03-6db9-6d9f65a9f5d52013-06-08T06:18:44-06:00<p>you don&rsquo;t want to know :-(</p>Customer #255632 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #255632urn:uuid:0b7bb2b2-8d93-e013-7ae5-f343bccb1c482013-06-07T21:35:33-06:00<p>Now you guys have over 15 hundred units. Bravo! What did you do to get this many?</p>Customer #286247 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #286247urn:uuid:42de0fcf-1598-bfba-3a86-9cd06cda0a9d2013-05-17T11:43:58-06:00<p>Anyone tried streaming Adam-12 off Netflix through the PI? Is Pete still in charge?</p>Techmake on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BTechmakeurn:uuid:75f56f33-ed6d-acfa-86cc-4e4dda00a5952013-04-18T21:40:35-06:00<p>Wow these are flying, glad I was able to get the qty. I needed :)</p>Kamiquasi on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BKamiquasiurn:uuid:aae0d576-bbfb-d449-b837-af630199f5ad2013-04-12T10:27:47-06:00<p>Manufacture of any electronic device is difficult to really designate a specific locale, but as far as the RPi foundation is concerned, some of the RPi&rsquo;s <em>are</em> &lsquo;manufactured&rsquo; in the UK. You can recognize them by checking the print next to the power jack - if it says &ldquo;Made in the UK&rdquo;, it should be assembled at the Pencoed, Wales plant.</p>
<p>The product images show such a board, but I&rsquo;d imagine the actual board received may depend on the boards SFE receives when putting in the order. Mike&rsquo;s mention above - &ldquo;Reality may vary&rdquo; - applies here as well :)</p>CaseyD-SFE on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCaseyD-SFEurn:uuid:47ab2c31-e8cf-caa2-11db-d9c0f8cb2b5b2013-04-12T09:55:31-06:00<p>They aren&rsquo;t manufactured in the UK. They are made in China.</p>xxyeiroxx on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bxxyeiroxxurn:uuid:9b36575c-dd22-561f-5904-6316f61eaa4e2013-04-11T21:18:16-06:00<p>Are this made in the UK?</p>brennen on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bbrennenurn:uuid:fbf23711-c1b3-d93f-047c-d77175796f822013-04-10T17:03:44-06:00<p>To clarify this a bit, we&rsquo;ve got that many on order, but we won&rsquo;t be getting them all at once the next time a shipment shows up (more&rsquo;s the pity). I expect that we&rsquo;ll continue getting ~500 at a time for the foreseeable future.</p>
<p>I didn&rsquo;t think this through very clearly when I was putting together the display for incoming purchase quantities; we don&rsquo;t have this data modeled in our system as well as we might. I&rsquo;m working on a fix right now which should make things a bit more obvious.</p>MikeGrusin on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMikeGrusinurn:uuid:b51315b7-0b75-1e07-3df7-64a28e31b8c22013-04-10T10:54:09-06:00<p>That&rsquo;s what they say we can get and what we&rsquo;ve ordered. Reality may vary.</p>DrPhibes on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BDrPhibesurn:uuid:e5ac8280-7544-43f9-9c7b-11619229a5992013-04-10T08:38:44-06:00<p>Is the incoming order quantity for this item accurate?</p>brennen on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bbrennenurn:uuid:52f2fa55-5780-7fa8-1cd7-bcc7ed1513da2013-04-05T00:48:15-06:00<p>We might experiment soon with allowing a fixed number of backorders for products like this one. As it stands, I think there&rsquo;s just so much demand for the Pi that we&rsquo;re trying to avoid having thousands more backorders than we&rsquo;re able to fill in a year. That sort of thing turns into a <em>lot</em> of angry phone calls and e-mails after a while.</p>MCU-guy on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMCU-guyurn:uuid:cd9ea086-1079-7731-bf99-ae8ef176a41d2013-04-03T19:53:24-06:00<p>Really getting mad. Got auto notify. None are available. Can we please backorder these. Maybe set a limit of one per person.</p>Divan Visagie on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BDivan Visagieurn:uuid:301031c9-68d4-87c9-283f-b2c9259c24542013-04-03T15:51:05-06:00<p>Think it all comes down to price with the Pi</p>Divan Visagie on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BDivan Visagieurn:uuid:0830fa95-d3d1-c060-1241-03b0437065522013-04-03T15:49:18-06:00<p>Wow , got autonotified , there were six left , bought immediately . After hitting refresh there were 4 , then again , all out. Wheew , just made it!</p>WilliamK on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BWilliamKurn:uuid:6cbdaa97-6e81-a24c-603f-a1d2b7a6e7ab2013-03-28T07:28:29-06:00<p>It&rsquo;s not possible, since OS X is a closed OS. You would need its source-code in order to port to the RPi unit. (they did with the XBMC and other Linux distros) Now, maybe via an emulator, but it would be incredible slow, I guess?</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:60d3da47-f180-4d33-8f4c-88dafe5bb26c2013-03-06T18:39:22-07:00<p>card? what do you mean?</p>Customer #415544 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #415544urn:uuid:a7e6a224-99a9-7e99-627d-cf48fefd6d0e2013-03-04T17:54:49-07:00<p>I want one card, but&hellip; When are you coming to sell it ?</p>JohnGalt on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJohnGalturn:uuid:0378cc99-dcf0-d172-c7a1-ca69fe13c2422013-03-04T00:12:50-07:00<p>Stock notification - 5 in stock. all sold out in under 2 hours and the notification was fairly late evening. Considering that there is a supply problem with the RPi and I keep hearing that quality control on some boards is not the best I&rsquo;m really wondering why beagle bone is not a better solution for most uses, especially considering that a faster much lower cost beagle bone with video and audio on board and more memory is on the way and compatible with existing capes. more info to be announced soon at design west.</p>Customer #302799 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #302799urn:uuid:cfd59877-e484-157c-5a7f-b27dbb84061c2013-03-02T20:54:22-07:00<p>lucky you. :-(</p>Customer #197750 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #197750urn:uuid:f61daede-3f7c-e151-d890-4a88bd58833a2013-03-01T16:03:28-07:00<p>Got one! AWWWWW YEEEAHHHH!!!!</p>Customer #302799 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #302799urn:uuid:251b090e-7d33-fc04-9d3e-3a1223fdc2f32013-03-01T13:27:24-07:00<p>Wow. Between last night at 12:30AM and 3PM today the stock went from 135 to nil.</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:b7919399-a0e5-c005-6a24-730fb1caa3592013-02-22T13:07:26-07:00<p>but gone&hellip;.</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:65e42839-aacd-1eb3-5b0b-f21138e734052013-02-22T13:02:42-07:00<p>huh&hellip;.interesting.</p>rsp on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Brspurn:uuid:ee0b8043-ef42-0e29-4e43-8e80540dbe002013-02-22T00:45:25-07:00<p>Amazon doesn&rsquo;t set the price, they just skim a few bucks off the top of the actual seller price. The price today on Amazon is $47, with free shipping, so the effective cost is the same from Amazon or Sparkfun. The real difference is that Amazon has stock.</p>
<p>Meanwhile good guy Newark lists them for $35.</p>Chandhooguy on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BChandhooguyurn:uuid:2fed4ebf-b39d-916d-e06c-c5fdadd0188d2013-02-17T19:44:31-07:00<p>IN STOCK!!!
WOOOHOOO</p>MikeGrusin on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMikeGrusinurn:uuid:6ea94b99-c06b-254c-8f4e-5e1e178efcf62013-02-14T14:35:27-07:00<p>If you use the cool <strong>Autonotify</strong> button up there, you&rsquo;ll get an email as soon as they&rsquo;re back on the storefront.</p>brennen on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bbrennenurn:uuid:453d9764-51a1-51f0-dbe2-a9e799a1ea292013-02-14T14:21:27-07:00<p>I <em>think</em> we might be expecting some around the end of February.</p>TheNATural on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BTheNATuralurn:uuid:74bc641e-9ece-cb2b-2ee3-b5166e3037982013-02-14T14:03:33-07:00<p>Any word on when these will be available again?</p>Customer #406613 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #406613urn:uuid:aafb3adb-e927-62c4-7578-0f1ca06d23042013-02-08T19:47:30-07:00<p>This states it has 512 MB RAM, does that mean I&rsquo;m getting rev 2.0 or has this been updated before they sold the rest of their rev 1.0?</p>Customer #343890 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #343890urn:uuid:50f5bc19-a87d-89fb-af54-9fae085aa6302013-02-07T06:00:20-07:00<p>I think the main difference here is that the price of the Raspberry Pi is significantly less than the price of some of the older alternatives. You mention the kit costing almost $700 &ndash; and here are the Raspberry Pi for just under $40 &ndash; add the power supply and the SD card that are needed and you may have spent something like $70. At prices like that, many more can afford to experiment. Then they post on their blogs or on the forums about what they are doing for everyone else to read and be inspired by. That sort of thing grows exponentially.</p>Akatm7 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BAkatm7urn:uuid:1ae93bd8-7f86-468b-8830-e87bfbf488222013-01-24T13:34:56-07:00<p>Yes</p>GooseSG on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BGooseSGurn:uuid:6f654f22-2587-c0fa-1164-933ee89997c22013-01-22T08:08:48-07:00<p>I&rsquo;ve watched this page for 5 minutes and it&rsquo;s hard to believe that no one has bought any during that time. The page still shows 210 in stock.</p>frustin on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bfrustinurn:uuid:4cabfa10-4075-a755-4687-086ecd0f55d82013-01-21T19:06:02-07:00<p>booyah searching raspberry pi&rsquo;s on my raspberry pi.</p>Customer #383180 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #383180urn:uuid:bac114bf-ecf2-004f-9dfb-998a6e2367142013-01-14T17:16:19-07:00<p>You should get wipi for raspery pi</p>Customer #383180 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #383180urn:uuid:3acb6a6b-f31d-93bd-ce5c-e6081c35acc02013-01-14T17:14:38-07:00<p>You should get the wipi for the raspberry.</p>brennen on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bbrennenurn:uuid:f41a613a-a4c4-6cdf-80e4-095ad2b48ef42013-01-14T16:25:03-07:00<p>Unfortunately, that&rsquo;s pretty much what <em>we&rsquo;re</em> paying. See <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11546#comment-50ca7c5e757b7fea5e000001" rel="nofollow" >Mike&rsquo;s commentary</a>.</p>shawnee6d on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bshawnee6durn:uuid:11c3f61c-8859-a4ea-5f01-0529b128ac662013-01-14T11:31:18-07:00<p>ahhh this morning got another autonotify and Now I am able to order one. Score!:)</p>irtiq7 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Birtiq7urn:uuid:bfcad12d-8bb0-3a67-55c5-dbc11ebfc7af2013-01-14T06:41:27-07:00<p>Shouldnt it be $35?</p>shawnee6d on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bshawnee6durn:uuid:4cca83d7-83f3-7fd8-0b5e-dbb69f849b522013-01-13T11:57:33-07:00<p>I just got an autonotify message that 11 RPi&rsquo;s were available, but I don&rsquo;t see any means of adding 1 to my cart!! I&rsquo;m very keen to have one of these beauties. Did they get sold out so quickly?</p>meisjohn on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bmeisjohnurn:uuid:87a61898-dd95-8d93-cfac-eb5984f9d2802013-01-11T18:29:53-07:00<p>No, not srsly. None left.</p>cmottaa on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bcmottaaurn:uuid:16f318e7-8c26-3e1e-634d-1520e717d6592013-01-11T17:33:41-07:00<p>11 units? Srsly?</p>Akatm7 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BAkatm7urn:uuid:7b779f40-e656-1290-60ac-428867e559a92013-01-10T18:03:47-07:00<p>So what Broadcom needs to do is just start making profit out of the chip by adding some cha ching and have the raspberry PI be $45 dollars and profit profit profit happy customers and happy manufacturers. Bada bing batta boom! These would be able to stay with a decent amount of stock because Broadcom would be making profit and then they would make them on a regular basis, not when they { just feel like it}</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:0cf39988-1ac9-dc5f-7af3-26664860ccf32012-12-28T12:06:14-07:00<p>Interesting&hellip;.luckily, I was able to snag one and I love it. Thank god you guys aren&rsquo;t amazon! For some reason, they think it&rsquo;s ok to sell Pi&rsquo;s at $65-$75 and think that&rsquo;s ok! It&rsquo;s not! SFE is truthfully amazing!</p>MikeGrusin on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMikeGrusinurn:uuid:540a67ea-1f6f-b70d-3fb5-bb3486ad2bea2012-12-28T11:36:30-07:00<p>Business pricing is an interesting and sometimes counterintuitive problem. If we (or any company) can&rsquo;t make enough money from each sale to cover the purchasing / inbound shipping / inventory / handling / marketing / etc. then selling more of them actually causes you to lose money faster.</p>Menimitz on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMenimitzurn:uuid:ce99ab63-7e78-b4d6-ac65-a265d825906b2012-12-27T19:54:19-07:00<p>I just received my Raspberry Pi this evening (pre-ordered from a different company days before Sparkfun carried them) and learned a few things. I received a error at startup &ldquo;Error 110&rdquo; which deals with the SD card.</p>
<p>What I have learned since is that a cheap SD card will not always suffice. I ordered a suggested Dane-Elec brand SD card from the company I got my Pi from and regret it. I have never had any luck with Dane-Elec brand stuff.</p>
<p>This comment has started to sound ranty, so moral of the story is check SD card compatibility first. Also I recommend picking up the ribbon cable for the GPIO. I regret not.</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:9d92a273-48db-b953-b662-3da22d0aaa4a2012-12-27T15:11:28-07:00<p>but they sell so quickly!</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:b24634da-3b3a-94a5-1a23-288e288eca862012-12-27T15:11:00-07:00<p>Have there been any rumors of what it might entail?</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:909f25b6-dfe7-afac-2196-eb42ae34cb112012-12-27T15:10:14-07:00<p>that&rsquo;s partially not true&ndash;there is motivation, it&rsquo;s just that production takes time, and there are LOTS of distributors that want to sell these. And they&rsquo;re a non-profit organization. It also makes customers want the product more and more, and it actually helps sales of the product. More waiting time, more time talking about the product, more people buy the product</p>Chandhooguy on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BChandhooguyurn:uuid:fbd821ee-0f14-8f60-f7d4-4dab09902d192012-12-27T13:44:50-07:00<p>Nah, the manufacturer (Broadcom) doesn&rsquo;t make that much profit at all on these things, so there is no motivation to make more.</p>Chandhooguy on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BChandhooguyurn:uuid:dbd0c83c-86a0-a173-e27e-257173a56f3c2012-12-27T13:42:38-07:00<p>I got mine from element14&hellip; Surprisingly, they have a lot of stock on them ;)</p>lylehaze on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Blylehazeurn:uuid:27cd7bc3-a1f6-6461-cf6a-fd0c4886c36d2012-12-20T22:17:43-07:00<p>I withdraw the question.
It is here, arrived quickly, well packed.
I added a (sparkfun) 1A power supply, and a
4G Class 10 SD card that I prepared according
to the pi page, and it booted perfectly the first time.</p>
<p>Overall, VERY impressed with the entire experience.</p>
<p>After the holidays, I&rsquo;ll try to make it into a print server.</p>MikeGrusin on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMikeGrusinurn:uuid:16a4ea42-5aff-8c07-0633-e3a5b91394be2012-12-13T18:09:50-07:00<p>That&rsquo;s a big part of it - the Pi is being sold at a price which is extremely close to the manufacturing cost. This makes it a great deal for the consumer, but it makes the business case for a reseller (like us) very difficult.</p>crlanglois on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bcrlangloisurn:uuid:d80f13d8-6a56-ee9f-461f-df7b5c8516242012-12-13T18:04:38-07:00<p>I work at a contract manufacturer ~10 minutes from Sparkfun and we do lots of fine pitch BGA if you&rsquo;re looking for some built. At the prices the pi goes for though I doubt we&rsquo;d be competitive.</p>VirtualBoxer on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BVirtualBoxerurn:uuid:ff664af8-0c40-ea65-c93c-5d5aeab362712012-12-10T12:43:04-07:00<p>My school&rsquo;s computer teacher thinks that the Raspberry Pi may go under another revision, so the next to be in stock may be the Model C.</p>LJC41 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BLJC41urn:uuid:aea6fcd2-f632-2453-3d22-299fc7958c0a2012-12-10T11:36:09-07:00<p>FYI&hellip;.MCM electronics has these right now for 35$&hellip;dont know how long they will last</p>
<p>UPDATE: gone! ;p</p>Customer #249120 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #249120urn:uuid:60ca4461-5419-88e4-3316-acdd00205b1d2012-12-09T07:22:08-07:00<p>Agreed, it&rsquo;s a red herring.</p>Soshimo on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSoshimourn:uuid:82011313-4fd6-6b71-be43-29586b4674f32012-12-06T19:12:48-07:00<p>Hopefully things get better soon. I like the hackberry though!</p>Customer #100344 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #100344urn:uuid:b073d438-b9e8-d428-3f3c-7079dbf44a8c2012-12-05T21:10:43-07:00<p>When will you be selling the enclosure you posted on your flickr feed?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkfun/8248199710/</p>pkshima on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bpkshimaurn:uuid:51b014cd-a1a5-3108-f806-19a12ed0bf9d2012-12-04T13:57:39-07:00<p>No problem. I am sorry if I was not verbose enough in clarifying the &ldquo;essentially manufactured&rdquo; pun.</p>pkshima on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bpkshimaurn:uuid:25f00a27-4c60-74d6-ec8e-76d5231226282012-12-04T13:45:49-07:00<p>Agreed, and I guess most people learn that way.
But when it comes to &ldquo;labelling&rdquo; something as &ldquo;education platform&rdquo;, I would prefer a Linux box which shows possibilities of a computer and not its limitations.</p>brennen on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bbrennenurn:uuid:e0dd79b2-50f1-895d-95b2-d1cd03d70e372012-12-04T13:38:02-07:00<blockquote><p>If anyone wants to learn programming, this raspberry thing is one thing to stay away from.</p></blockquote>
<p>For what it&rsquo;s worth, one of the other dudes who works on sparkfun.com and our in-house code has been using a couple of Raspberry Pis as his main desktop environment here for months.</p>
<p>A lot of my personal introduction to programming was TI-BASIC on calculators I was supposed to be using for 7th &amp; 8th grade math homework. I also got a lot out of shell scripts on a couple of decrepit many-user AT&amp;T Unix machines, Apple&rsquo;s HyperCard, and a BASIC textbook written for people who were expected to be working on machines that probably didn&rsquo;t even offer a <em>display</em>.</p>
<p>My theory is that programming is best learnt wherever you can learn programming. :)</p>BigHomie on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BBigHomieurn:uuid:6f826feb-60a9-ba61-6d9f-3c7cbee80e062012-12-04T13:15:18-07:00<p>Oh I agree they are likely the bottleneck, but the way you worded it I thought you meant they actually manufacture the Pi as a whole.</p>
<p>Lol @ useless software, but coming from an I.T. background PC is defined opposite a Mac&hellip;. sorry :« )</p>pkshima on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bpkshimaurn:uuid:ba7388d3-85de-22c0-693c-03f32610259d2012-12-04T12:54:38-07:00<p>Ok then you explain the huge gap between demand and supply of Raspberry PI.
If Broadcom is not the bottleneck then who ?</p>
<p>P.S: What is windows ? PC means personal computer. It doesnt HAVE to run useless software.</p>BigHomie on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BBigHomieurn:uuid:eab65bbd-b2de-8003-0790-d8e002de56de2012-12-03T10:48:00-07:00<p>Not true, possibly a linux desktop but definitely not a PC as in a WINDOWS PC. You might get the basics but if you really want to do some &lsquo;damage&rsquo; then Windows makes you jump through too many hoops to get to the low level. The RPi is good b/c you can learn what you call &lsquo;PC&rsquo; programming, as well as embedded programming by interfacing w/ the gpios, connect your own hardware and create drivers for it all in one serving, not possible w/ a &lsquo;PC&rsquo;.</p>
<p>&amp; It is not &lsquo;manufactured&rsquo; by Broadcom, no more than Sean Connery created James Bond, he merely plays a role in the big picture.</p>BigHomie on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BBigHomieurn:uuid:6aebf0ed-ea20-fa77-4dd2-4decd7015ed52012-12-03T10:35:58-07:00<p>Chris is right, I got the same email, however I logged in immediately after receiving it and there were 902, and sold at an average of two per minute the first hour. Personally I&rsquo;m still holding out for the Hackberry, but +1 to SF for stocking 900 units!</p>Akatm7 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BAkatm7urn:uuid:537f6904-0c4f-d2e1-9e58-ba90fd6d4fa92012-12-01T13:28:03-07:00<p>It started at 421 units, I got the email saying how much, I would know.
EDIT:I&rsquo;m now just reading that and I am realizing that I sounded kinda mean. Sorry.</p>skywhopper on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bskywhopperurn:uuid:e1111039-59f1-1027-6935-ae84b42294ca2012-12-01T03:17:47-07:00<p>Yeah, I&rsquo;d love to see a SparkFun RPi starter kit.</p>CF on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCFurn:uuid:2d6e4a16-7b3a-2e20-4555-0b1ece9c7dbf2012-11-30T16:50:15-07:00<p>I think it started at 900. Only 181 left at 16:50MST!!!</p>Customer #358832 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #358832urn:uuid:9868bd79-094b-3db4-8fe6-ec5ac3391fd92012-11-30T15:30:40-07:00<p>See how long 800+ units last.</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:ac226f7b-d61b-2524-7c7c-1aea6ba82b2c2012-11-30T15:19:15-07:00<p>They&rsquo;re back!!!!!</p>JamesG on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJamesGurn:uuid:19d4fa11-372b-f803-ddbf-cde43b748f232012-11-30T14:52:11-07:00<p>Thanks for getting these back in stock in time for Christmas! You guys rock</p>cyclicredundancy on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bcyclicredundancyurn:uuid:0b837ade-bc44-9a25-a15d-ef87994909232012-11-30T14:18:06-07:00<p>What? Does it have an ADC?</p>Rick-S on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BRick-Surn:uuid:a6c7065c-a4cd-e658-4c55-71e2123d416f2012-11-30T13:48:36-07:00<p>Woo Hoo!! just got one. I&rsquo;ve been wanting a 512K model and was pleasantly surprised to get the in stock notification!!! Thanks SparkFun!!!</p>lylehaze on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Blylehazeurn:uuid:97ca7b62-8c5b-8a05-883e-9558ffbe56532012-11-24T17:58:39-07:00<p>I&rsquo;m sure this is the oft asked question..
I ordered one, and it was &ldquo;back-ordered&rdquo;, as expected.
(This was before back-orders were stopped, apparently)</p>
<p>Is there any idea, even a rough estimate, of a delivery time?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>WilliamK on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BWilliamKurn:uuid:5b5e5972-5963-4abb-c74c-77e5d48074ab2012-11-23T04:38:22-07:00<p>Yes! Thank you SFE!!!!</p>Gopher on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BGopherurn:uuid:e050dfee-3bab-51e3-1754-328f1ac4b00d2012-11-19T15:31:54-07:00<p>I&rsquo;ve been working with the BeagleBone. Although it lacks onboard audio/video, it makes up for it in four ways:
1) You can get them
2) Higher performance
3) Well documented
4) You can get them</p>
<p>Did I mention that you can get them.</p>Toni_K on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BToni_Kurn:uuid:1f305b60-4fed-772c-bddf-ddd64298853d2012-11-19T08:52:43-07:00<p>For the moment, yes.</p>BitStream on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BBitStreamurn:uuid:543f2042-e8f5-0354-008d-b87aa99a57ca2012-11-19T08:47:15-07:00<p>Thanks for the info, makes sense. I don&rsquo;t want to deal with BGAs either, fine point or otherwise :)</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:a9afc9d2-9892-6c3d-8ffb-e9f7e6f35e532012-11-18T14:28:33-07:00<p>Is that why there is no option to backorder?</p>JamestheQuack on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJamestheQuackurn:uuid:b56029f6-63c0-3072-e7f1-27c2c61fc3312012-11-18T13:06:55-07:00<p>Glad to see it here; now focus on accessories: GPIO, LCD, camera, etc. 8 )</p>pkshima on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bpkshimaurn:uuid:6df1ca1b-984a-c319-05fd-8aa7dbb8d0182012-11-16T13:10:31-07:00<p>No, what I am saying is that a bond movie is nothing but a story put together around a character named Bond. i.e. the critical dependency is on the character Bond not on supporting roles.</p>MikeGrusin on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMikeGrusinurn:uuid:b4289197-02ee-17f4-1147-e812a45569ad2012-11-16T12:17:33-07:00<p>One reason we&rsquo;re not manufacturing these is that the main IC on the Pi is a fine-pitch BGA, which is notoriously difficult to work with. Our production team is amazing, but we have our limits.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;re currently looking at other boards with similar functionality, that are based on easier-to-use packages. Stay tuned, this space is going to open up dramatically in the next year or so.</p>dtfall on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bdtfallurn:uuid:6a5165b6-9d27-ad4a-99dd-345816188dfe2012-11-16T12:08:41-07:00<p>So you&rsquo;re saying that the iPhones are really manufactured by Qualcomm just because they use their chip? Great logic there. It wasn&rsquo;t mean to be used to learn programming. This was meant as a way to put cheap computers in every classroom, even in unprivileged areas. Think computer-for-every-child kind of thing.</p>BitStream on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BBitStreamurn:uuid:5f33ceb1-e9e6-d6f2-28d6-eb004d89951e2012-11-16T03:53:16-07:00<p>Is there a reason you guys don&rsquo;t source these yourself?</p>
<p>Lets face it, no one is coming anywhere near making enough of these things for reasons that are well beyond me.</p>
<p>There is no way the original sourcers are now unaware of demand and are unable to fulfill orders in less than six months time. Hell, you could build the factory in less time than it takes to source these things.</p>
<p>Might as well move on to something else.</p>
<p>I know these isn&rsquo;t a Sparkfun issue, but the availability of the RPi is nothing less than absolutely stunningly pathetic across the board.</p>charlesfries on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bcharlesfriesurn:uuid:f0cd1819-7054-7aa4-3c5f-8657788760c72012-11-15T11:43:35-07:00<p>Has anyone ever installed OS X on a RPi?</p>Toni_K on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BToni_Kurn:uuid:7e3be4e5-14f7-9cdc-62de-6a2ae26f85f22012-11-14T17:21:55-07:00<p>We are working on getting these in as quickly as possible, but unfortunately, the size of our orders is limited as well. When we do get the next shipment in, it will go towards current back orders.</p>JamesG on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJamesGurn:uuid:92776cc5-32e3-dbcb-f906-ebec16f027a92012-11-12T09:54:53-07:00<p>any plans on restocking before christmas?</p>pkshima on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bpkshimaurn:uuid:6b7bcef9-1aa6-99a3-4cac-00d94b78184f2012-11-06T07:28:00-07:00<p>The raspberry is nothing but the Broadcom chip + other simple chips. So it is indeed essentially manufactured by Broadcom. The claim that it is targeted for education etc. IMHO is just an eyewash to evaded taxes. If anyone wants to learn programming, this raspberry thing is one thing to stay away from. Programming is best learnt on a PC.</p>raduigret on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Braduigreturn:uuid:95b7fc59-3565-ef51-c9ed-507629790a4f2012-11-01T13:34:53-06:00<p>PiEye - RasPi <strong>WebCam tutorial</strong>, up and running in 5 minutes
more details here <a href="http://www.bobtech.ro/raspberry-pi-webcam" rel="nofollow" >www.bobtech.ro/raspberry-pi-webcam</a></p>dtfall on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bdtfallurn:uuid:2b96d56c-1fca-83b9-629b-ade359141f852012-10-31T15:18:38-06:00<p>the raspberry pi is not manufactured by broadcom. I broadcom employee, however, did come up with the idea. his intentions were for these to go to classrooms, but hobbyists and other private consumers have gotten most of these before any school could see one.</p>iRow on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BiRowurn:uuid:25198937-d92a-0cc2-0ee0-7d3efd6beb6f2012-10-30T18:45:18-06:00<p>Ahh! Where did all the Raspberry Pis go? But I have already got mine and it&rsquo;s awesome!</p>mmensinger on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bmmensingerurn:uuid:e9f76708-99d4-09c6-a4bb-fd85994ca5ed2012-10-30T13:47:35-06:00<p>wait nevermind, :)</p>mmensinger on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bmmensingerurn:uuid:17ff9f41-b565-a080-86c1-09f9f2fa60ec2012-10-30T13:41:40-06:00<p>Last time I checked (as some one else commented that it does) the RPi DOES NOT have an ADC&hellip; at least not the rev I have (which doesn&rsquo;t have mounting holes. DRAT!)</p>Customer #324731 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #324731urn:uuid:79e67097-aa0b-3926-7c23-a7ef226440252012-10-30T01:51:22-06:00<p>Thanks, I appreciate the quick response.</p>Customer #366616 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #366616urn:uuid:1d42cda9-7163-1a3b-d20f-27924f8d01582012-10-29T21:07:29-06:00<p>GREAT! When will they be back in stock? Cant wait!</p>CF on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCFurn:uuid:996d24de-c866-3c9c-d6f4-afc558ed702b2012-10-29T20:25:51-06:00<p>Should have been:
Guys, let’s face it: It could’ve been 500 and those RPi’s would’ve sold nearly as quickly.</p>Jdlee77 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJdlee77urn:uuid:a2a00db1-adc5-f9b7-351c-685c60a6ce842012-10-29T09:09:45-06:00<p>It is the Rev 2, it has the mounting hole in the PCB.</p>pkshima on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bpkshimaurn:uuid:e11a98a2-9272-8a15-9b33-a9965b46c2582012-10-29T07:20:48-06:00<p>True. I read somewhere the root problem is that Broadcom doesnt make any profit from this chip so they manufacture only as many as they please and whenever they see it fit.</p>BigHomie on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BBigHomieurn:uuid:8f71e5c4-e602-27ae-253f-ac4bf593ad9e2012-10-29T06:42:28-06:00<p>That would likely effect the price, nothing is free unfortunately, except for Grace.</p>TheRegnirps on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BTheRegnirpsurn:uuid:00521510-d25b-34f4-95da-aacb0b4e2dd12012-10-28T18:11:46-06:00<p>Good thing there is a huge community base. Supporting a beginner&rsquo;s Linux product would be the kiss of death.</p>Customer #324731 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #324731urn:uuid:71224121-d64a-de4d-45b4-ac8ed48bbf6b2012-10-28T15:08:23-06:00<p>Is this rev 1 or rev 2? My understanding is that you would need rev 2 in order to interface with this ADC:</p>
<p>https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9365</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:316564a2-6954-bd81-579b-00db913461e52012-10-28T13:56:06-06:00<p>But that time is already over!</p>Joi F on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJoi Furn:uuid:45cb7edb-2e95-5d09-fcf5-6928b87b05812012-10-28T09:37:31-06:00<p>It&rsquo;s really nice to see how much attention the RPi is getting. I wonder if it owes some of its attention to the SparkMakerDuino community? Although it has a REALLY nice price-tag, I&rsquo;m not convinced it&rsquo;s only because of that; people are generally happy spending a bit of money on what they&rsquo;re passionate about.</p>
<p>Back in 2004-2005 I started using the Stargate board ( http://platformx.sourceforge.net/ - Datasheet: http://platformx.sourceforge.net/Documents/manuals/6020-0049-02_A_Stargate.pdf ), which was a 400MHz ARM (Intel XScale) platform. I absolutely loved the Stargate and I still have one lying around. It had some/most of the same I/O capabilities as the RPi, excluding the audio and video stuff (which is not that useful for most robotics projects, anyway. Also, it&rsquo;d be interesting to know how much of the RPi&rsquo;s power-consumption is spent on the graphics and audio processing, even when a display is not connected) but it had a nifty serial-terminal instead. It retailed at $695.</p>
<p>This product died about two years later, because at the time there didn&rsquo;t seem to be much interest in a board like that .. while now, the RPi is knocking people&rsquo;s socks off!
The times they are a-changin'!</p>pkshima on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model Bpkshimaurn:uuid:befbbe28-8379-d3bb-20bf-1ba69797278e2012-10-27T14:01:09-06:00<p>Its a pity something cant be manufactured fast enough even today.</p>Customer #195313 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #195313urn:uuid:0a154f92-8b9f-d8e4-e284-0b28e98956ab2012-10-27T12:39:02-06:00<p>Nice to see the Pi is finally getting attention here. I got mine months ago and I totally love it!</p>
<p>One thing about it, though, is that the SD card sticks out. This bothered me a lot for a while, since it was very awkward fitting it into my projects. I bought two of these, they work perfect!</p>
<p>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/443556734/pio-microsd-adapter-for-raspberry-pi</p>MilesTag on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMilesTagurn:uuid:17e74e36-825c-a905-2c97-05c167bd7d532012-10-27T12:30:28-06:00<p>I ordered mine from RS Online back in June and I am still waiting delivery. I think it&rsquo;s now been pushed back to November expected ship date. So sad :( You think they would up the manufacturing pace.</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:37964489-00cb-6c57-eeab-b5989038abea2012-10-27T10:27:48-06:00<p>They&rsquo;re gone already&hellip;.within an hour and a half!</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:240dab03-cff0-5e07-e136-f3573051a5b12012-10-27T10:27:21-06:00<p>So sad&hellip;..</p>Customer #167681 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BCustomer #167681urn:uuid:7ce6bd05-0007-1d2d-078e-f5920c41828d2012-10-26T18:30:07-06:00<p>Where did the stock go? How could you all have sold out so fast?!!! I can&rsquo;t get one from the the main people so Sparkfun is a God sent</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:c7f20b93-475e-b3ee-44d5-00c0132e9c682012-10-26T15:36:03-06:00<p>50</p>GravMurk on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BGravMurkurn:uuid:6f62699c-dc82-529c-1d7e-2b3d401ac9822012-10-26T12:18:45-06:00<p>Some interesting tid-bits from the wiki article, one distributor (of the two) took over 100,000 pre-orders in one day (which is why they went to the take-a-number and we will let you know when you can order process). In July they reported manufacturing 4,000 units per day. They have sold about 500,000 boards as of September. I got in line in May, ordered in August, received it two weeks ago. Working through the SparkFun tutorial now!</p>TeslaFan on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BTeslaFanurn:uuid:7159d1cb-10ca-311c-06fd-e4185213392d2012-10-26T11:55:09-06:00<p>Yay! The Raspberry Pi DOES exist! Wait&hellip; none in stock&hellip; perhaps it doesn&rsquo;t exist. I&rsquo;ve seen Bigfoot more often than an actual Raspberry Pi board.</p>BigHomie on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BBigHomieurn:uuid:03abc860-ed83-c601-b57c-7cf8541e80f92012-10-26T11:41:40-06:00<p>I think that was quicker than free day ;-) Hey if you all had a few hundred we customers might have crashed the site.</p>
<p>Here&rsquo;s a suggestion for a product if you take those&hellip; <a href="https://www.miniand.com/products/Hackberry%20A10%20Developer%20Board#specifications" rel="nofollow" >Hackberry!</a> &amp; <a href="http://cubieboard.org/" rel="nofollow" >Cubieboard!</a></p>JGuthridge on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BJGuthridgeurn:uuid:463a01c0-4a80-435d-7b45-222a42ccb7572012-10-26T10:59:49-06:00<p>Out of curiosity, how many units was the initial buy?</p>RobertC. on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BRobertC.urn:uuid:b92dbb4d-462b-1430-6fe1-cd23176ead222012-10-26T10:34:07-06:00<p>We WILL get more, and we&rsquo;re trying to get bigger quantities. We&rsquo;re working on it!</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:7eb334b0-ff60-13dc-562b-c659fbc8b6912012-10-26T10:18:30-06:00<p>Are you guys going to get any more shipments of these? Or was it a one-time thing?</p>PalmTreesandPICs on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BPalmTreesandPICsurn:uuid:f561da9c-a445-a3d2-d7f9-33e38f62940d2012-10-26T07:27:52-06:00<p>&hellip;. aaaaand its gone!</p>ThorntonDan on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BThorntonDanurn:uuid:01fdac5b-f16e-9b42-812b-12ad8ac890d52012-10-25T23:53:25-06:00<p>Next Sparkfun contest, find the real Raspberry Pi product page! Anywhere that has the Pi in for retail price is selling out quickly. Heck even one of your competitors made it an add in for orders over a certain dollar amount. I am just glad Sparkfun made the effort to carry it, I&rsquo;ll get one next go round.</p>ThorntonDan on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BThorntonDanurn:uuid:a70b3005-225e-add5-a642-75817289186f2012-10-25T23:50:11-06:00<p>Oh my, you guys need to incorporate that skit into the new product video. If only there was time.</p>TECH GEEK on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BTECH GEEKurn:uuid:7296a8ac-a284-71ef-9b62-f7e35a2876922012-10-25T23:47:54-06:00<p>Most awesome SFE comment <em>EVER?</em></p>NPoole on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BNPooleurn:uuid:87c054a8-3216-c43b-fbae-ff9d5163a26f2012-10-25T23:09:58-06:00<p>Guys, let&rsquo;s face it: I could&rsquo;ve written anything up there in the description and those RPi&rsquo;s would&rsquo;ve sold just as quickly.</p>
<p>I should&rsquo;ve just copy/pasted some Dr.Seuss :)</p>NeilJ on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BNeilJurn:uuid:692cb458-4a02-9599-20b5-8a8c6e1308ee2012-10-25T19:06:35-06:00<p>It&rsquo;s about time, guys -_-</p>Sora62896 on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSora62896urn:uuid:266e3c9e-6d4c-65b7-54dc-bfa414defc942012-10-25T18:53:54-06:00<p>IT&rsquo;S FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!</p>RobertC. on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BRobertC.urn:uuid:516ad7dd-0be9-3d0c-b937-4c40b07586342012-10-25T17:15:14-06:00<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nVk25ZvTkU" rel="nofollow" >well, that was quick.</a></p>ThorntonDan on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BThorntonDanurn:uuid:f8ef5527-05aa-7951-a791-f6eaa9b0b7262012-10-25T17:07:44-06:00<p>Actually I got here when there were 2 left, added one to the cart and by the time I was at the checkout, all gone! So just under 90 minutes from the RSS post in my reader to the time I got the out of stock message.</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:0f54495e-b794-8c24-b8cc-024ee3572fe42012-10-25T17:02:45-06:00<p>Lucky! 50 sold out in under an hour</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:87db2ec9-2a35-af21-b119-1695f91f9a212012-10-25T17:02:17-06:00<p>I think under an hour, total</p>ThorntonDan on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BThorntonDanurn:uuid:5e8247b7-042b-74fc-8fa2-f3a76d507d082012-10-25T16:58:54-06:00<p>And 50 Raspberry Pi boards gone in under 1.5 hours. I first looked and there were 44, not even 30 minutes later and nearly 0 left.</p>Skyler Saleh on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BSkyler Salehurn:uuid:e8bac584-8560-3300-aa2f-152a5738ea322012-10-25T16:58:15-06:00<p>Glad I checked SparkFun, snagged the last one.</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:39c40de1-00fa-d273-0d06-db4270131a952012-10-25T16:28:45-06:00<p>Haha, +1 for &lsquo;had&rsquo;.</p>RobertC. on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BRobertC.urn:uuid:bc765874-7dea-5ab8-1b44-5c809f61f8442012-10-25T16:27:38-06:00<p>Yeah, I&rsquo;m not entirely sure what all is going on, but initially, they weren&rsquo;t even entertaining distributors (beyond the one(s) they picked to initially distribute the product) and wouldn&rsquo;t sell to us at ANY quantity. So, we&rsquo;re lucky to have (had) 50.</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:070c8754-046d-ea3a-929a-4367af45e1ec2012-10-25T16:25:54-06:00<p>EDIT: Ok, that makes sense.</p>RobertC. on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BRobertC.urn:uuid:b92c9906-87e9-5c9b-e4b1-d42cddb4445e2012-10-25T16:22:13-06:00<p>customers, yes, distributors, not so much :-)</p>
<p>EDIT: I think the idea is that they don&rsquo;t want a bunch of resellers to steal all the stock and them sell it for markup. it&rsquo;s like toys at xmas time, you see them for sale on eBay for a lot more money because the demand is there. by only selling in small quantity to customers, they can keep the retail price what it should be even when there&rsquo;s high demand (which there clearly is)</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:52d90a2d-8a41-b964-5dc1-15f8ed3a833e2012-10-25T16:21:36-06:00<p>That&rsquo;s actually surprising. I&rsquo;d think the Foundation would be eager to get these into as many hands as possible.</p>RobertC. on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BRobertC.urn:uuid:0514f38f-3fc5-2543-1b69-da21ae6b0ef92012-10-25T16:19:34-06:00<p>these aren&rsquo;t that easy to get. you practically have to BEG to sell them.</p>MostThingsWeb on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BMostThingsWeburn:uuid:7246f477-2a38-41a8-b81b-d08847994a592012-10-25T16:17:21-06:00<p>Only 50 units for the initial stock? SparkFun&rsquo;s being modest.</p>AngusP on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BAngusPurn:uuid:72178e47-36a8-5aa5-61df-e090d5b3d4542012-10-25T16:15:35-06:00<p>EHMAGERD!!! SPERKFERN HEZ RARSPBERRY PEHRS!! I am soooooo happy right now&hellip;</p>Thimplum on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model BThimplumurn:uuid:c67985e7-c3d3-b2ec-da99-f4551bd646bc2012-10-25T16:06:58-06:00<p>YES! I thought you guys would never carry it.</p>